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Default New York Times -- Excess consumption by Americans said to causefood shortages

On May 14, 9:14*pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> Ali wrote:
> > Bit of a crap post really.

>
> > What is meant by the US uses or throws away 3770 calories per person?
> > Does this include waste food and drink from retailers? *Is this uses,
> > or is thrown away? *Does this include trimming the fat off meat?
> > Etc...

>
> Similarly, I heard last night that people in a UK household throw away 1/3rd
> of their food a month. *Who conducts these studies?! *Who was going through
> trash bins to figure out how much was bought, used, consumed vs. discarded?
>
> Jill

Well, for one:
Timothy Jones (comming to a trash can near you)
http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/n...340-half-of-us

I heard him on a CBC radio interview a couple of months ago.

John Kane Kingston ON Canada